Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-21

want OF dIOiDef name DdS Ittn CalltU
aura. Ny aura has fallen upon this young
lady's head and has entered into her soul
She Will now, as you will see, think only
as ! shall direct her"
at ought not to be allowed" Tom muir
INJURED.
enced. 80 have seen them like this dozens
of times, and it never does anybody any
harm"
She spoke as one who has been watch
ing these phenomena all her life, and
thought little of them and expected moth
ing from them.
"This," cried Mr.. Emanuel Chick loud
lys els nothing in the world but pure mes
merism"
II beg" said Mr.. Cyrus Brudenel firm
ly, that there may be no interruption at
all After the seance anyone who wish IS
shall have the opportunity of speaking or
of producing, if he can, by his own powers
similar manifestations"
Mr.. Emanuel Chick subsidized, but with
an effort. Herr Paulus, for his part, be-
haved like a practised speaker at II public
meeting when some one unexpectedly gets
up in the middle of his speech to propose
an amendment that is to say, he stopped
speaking, but took no other notice of the
interruption, treating the thing rs if it
had no kind of connection with himself.
Meantime, Mrs. Tracy Hanley went on
playing mechanically, but wondering if
the music and the bells and the leaves
fluttering from the ceiling could be Sc
cured for her Sunday evenings. Like
many sensible women, Mrs. Tracy Hanley
considered the wisdom and the genius of
Man; his science, art and letters his in
ventions and his discoveries ; his skill and
deXterlty; his genius and his ingenuity !;
as shadows and unsubstantial things com
pared with the solid realities of life rs rep.
resented by herself and her Sunday even
ings.
81 will now ask Lady Augusta" said
Herr Paulus, ito give me one OF Che pa
pers in her hand-any one. Thank
you. There is a drawing on the paper.
command this young lady to see, in her
vision, the subject of this drawing"
There was silence for a space. Hetty
Medlock made no movement nor any sign
OF life. Herr Paulus gave back the pa.
pers to Lady Augusta and made another
single pass with his right hand Hetty
Medlock opened her eyes and looked
about her.
"Where am ?" she asked
"You are safe-wlth friends. Do not
I fear You have had Il vision in your
sleep. Can you recall it l.? Can you tell
us of what you dreamed ~
She hesitated.
"Nay-tell us the whole There is moth
ing to fear"
~ was in a country4I know not where
i was happy, much happier than | am
in this world" She spoke with IA kind of
constraint as if reluctantly. 81 was free
to do what | pleased and to 20 where
pleased. could have what | wished
pictures and music, and beautiful house
and gardens and money to give away.
was not only rich but able to write the
most wonderful things. The people sang
my songs and | was powerful, Then they
brought me out and crowned me queen ~
"Do you remember the place and man
ner of your coronation ?"
Yes, perfectly"
Lady Augusta, will you kindly give
me the paper | have just been holding in
my hands Yes-thank you. Will you
tell me, Miss Medlock, if you recognize
this picture ?'
Hetty took the paper. There was a
water color drawing upon it, though the
| paper was thin. The girl looked at it and
cried out in amazement.
ooh it is the very scene. And this is
| myself whom they are browning. On
! give me the picture"
You shall have it when everybody ha:
seen it. Let me pass it around"
The was no doubt possible that the cir
had seen the browning of herself. The
dream itself was such as girl poor
young, not too clever, might easily dream
"a vision of the unattainable. Yes, here
WAS drawn in pale tiuts, Hetty herself,
large-eyed, unmistakeable, clad in Won
dertul dress, going forth in grandeur
the people shouting around her.
And the drawing was good. Mr.. Cyrus
Brudenel held the paper up to the light.
The watermark," he said, sis Peters
burg
II dare say it was painted there" sale
| Herr Paulus, carelessly. 1T must have
been painted somewhere. Lady Augusta
| have done what | promised. Let mt
make one more experiment. May | ask
Miss Cicely Langston to take Miss Med
locks place ~
"Oh | say" cried Tom. "Not my
cousin"
NO harm-not the least harm shall be
done to Miss Lars ston," said Herr Paulus
Il pledge my word as a-not as a gentle
man-but as the Messenger Of my
| Friends.
II doubt the security" Tom murmured
and, satisfied with the repartee, which
seemed rather sharp, he made no further
! opposition.
But the blind girl mad risen at the first
invitation and walked without guidance
straight to the spot where the chair wa
! placed Then she sat down as if she had
neither the power nor the Inclination tC
resist.
1.-The deepest wish of the blind is to see, >
said Herr Paulus. 81 restore to you, for
IA few moments, Cicely Langston, the
power of sight. Tel we what You see"
! Il can see" she replied but in strange
/
| hands or head; and the eyes remained
closed. | can see. The room is tull OF
! people. You are before me. You have
dark hair and black eyes there is q white
flower in your buttonhole, and you have a
gold chain with thing like beetle hang
! ing from it. You are looking Mt me. Yes
| will look round'-but he had not spoken.
81 can see the others, but not so well AZ
| can see You. Their faces are blurred
Why is that? lsee Sibyl and Hetty and
Tom, and many others but they are not
so clear and distinct and distinct as you
are. And now they have all faded away
and it is dark again"
81 cannot restore her sight permanent
ly," said the young magician. The time
may come when tots and many other
things which now seem impossible will
be in our Power"
"Oh | saw the room. saw all of you
Oh it was wondertul--wonderful," said
the blind girl, reaching out her helpless
hands.
Sibyl stepped forward and took hel
hands and led her back to her place.
you have been persuaded, dear she
said You are among us-with youl
friends. Nothing has really happened
Nothing of the least Importance"